MICHAEL FRANCIS BAHEN
Sept. 20, 1952-Feb. 18, 2016
Michael Francis Bahen, Topsail Beach, passed away Feb. 18, 2016, at Lower Cape Fear Hospice in Wilmington, N.C., after a short and courageous battle with cancer.
Mike was born Sept. 20, 1952, in Dunn, N.C.
He was preceded in death by his father, James Joseph Bahen Sr.; his mother, Lillian Parker Bahen Pettit; and his older brother James Joseph Bahen Jr., who died just eight days before him.
Mike is survived by two sisters, Catherine Blalock (Al) and Mary Hilker (Bob); sister-in-law, Deborah Bahen; along with numerous nephews and nieces.
He lived briefly in Raleigh, but grew up in Goldsboro.
Following high school, he enlisted in the United States Navy in 1971, and proudly served in Vietnam aboard the aircraft carrier the USS Saratoga.
He spent most of his adult life in the Wilmington/Topsail Beach area.
The job he most enjoyed late in his working life was serving for many years as Topsail Island's late-night taxi driver, delivering many happy partygoers safely home.
A celebration of his life will be held at Topsail Beach in the spring.
Memorials in Mike's honor may be made to Lower Cape Fear Hospice at www.hospiceandlifecarecenter.org.
Thoughts, wishes and prayers may be posted on his Facebook page.
(Pd)
Published in Obituaries on February 21, 2016 12:10 PM